In this Capstone project for the Photo Tourist you will implement a Ruby on Rails web application that makes use of both a relational and NoSQL database for the backend and expose the data through services to the Internet using Web services and a responsive user interface operating in a browser from a desktop and mobile device. You will have a chance to revisit and apply what you have learned in our previous courses to build and deploy a fully functional web application to the cloud accessible to your co-workers, future employers, friends, and family.
In developing the Photo Tourist web application, you will get to work with different data types and data access scenarios (e.g., fielded data display and update, image upload/download, text search, access controlled information) to provide your users the ability to show off their photos and information from trips they have taken and to seek out photos and information from trips taken by others. Using the application you develop, your users will be able to
• Create an account
• Upload and download photos to the site and make them accessible to others
• Provide descriptions of trips and photos that others can read
• Organize photos by location and trip,
• Find photos based on location
• Find photos based on text searches of descriptions
• Locate the place where the photo was taken on a map

From the lesson

Mapping

In this module you will learn to display and interact with subjects on a map using the Google Javascript Map API. You will learn how to display a map, display markers on the map, customized markers to distinguish different types of subjects, and add display information windows for markers to indicate subject identity and image You will learn how to synchronize elements of the map with the other Subject components. You will learn to clear the map of markers, add new markers, activate marker(s) through a method call, and react to markers being clicked. This will complete our subjects page and course topics and leave you on the doorstep of building more interesting extensions to the example in the assignment. Good luck!